The Murchison Fund
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The Murchison Fund is an award given by the Geological Society of London
to researchers under the age of 40 who have contributed substantially to the study of hard rock and tectonic geology. It is named in honour of Prof. Roderick Impey Murchison
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Geological Society of London
The Geological Society of London is a learned society based in the United Kingdom with the aim of "investigating the mineral structure of the Earth"...
to researchers under the age of 40 who have contributed substantially to the study of hard rock and tectonic geology. It is named in honour of Prof. Roderick Impey Murchison
Roderick Murchison
Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet KCB DCL FRS FRSE FLS PRGS PBA MRIA was a Scottish geologist who first described and investigated the Silurian system.-Early life and work:...
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Recipients
Note: incomplete list- 2007 Dr. Glenn Milne
- 2006 Dougal Jerram
- 2005 Peter CliftPeter CliftPeter Clift is a British marine geologist and geophysicist specializing in the geology of Asia and the western Pacific. He is currently Kilgour Professor of Geology at the University of Aberdeen, where he has been since 2004.-Scientific Research:...
- 2004 Kenneth McCaffrey
- 2003 No award made
- 1999 Professor Nick PetfordNick PetfordNick Petford is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Northampton. Previously he was Pro-Vice Chancellor at Bournemouth University and before that Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Kingston University...
- 1998 Jonathan BlundyJon BlundyJonathan David Blundy FRS , is Professor of Petrology, in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. -Life:...
- 1987 Professor Richard J. Howarth
- 1948 F. Wolverson Cope
- 1937 Roebling Spencer
- 1929 Leslie Reginald CoxLeslie Reginald CoxLeslie Reginald Cox was an eminent palaeontologist and malacologist.Cox was born to parents who worked as government servant in the Post Office telephone engineers' department. When he was just a few years old Cox moved to Harringay, where he at six he started attendance at the South Harringay...
- 1925 Arthur Elijah TruemanArthur Elijah TruemanSir Arthur Elijah Trueman, FRS, was a British geologist.-Early life and career:Trueman was born in Nottingham, son of Elijah and Thirza Trueman. He was educated at High Pavement School, Nottingham, leaving in 1911 to become student teacher at Huntington Street School, Nottingham...
- 1901 Thomas Sergeant HallThomas Sergeant HallThomas Sergeant Hall was an Australian geologist and biologist, recipient of The Murchison Fund in 1901.-Early life:...
- 1886 Clement ReidClement ReidClement Reid FRS was a British geologist and palaeobotanist.He was born in London in 1853. His great uncle was Michael Faraday. His family circumstances meant he was largely self-taught but he was nonetheless able to join the Geological Survey of Great Britain in 1874 and be employed in drawing up...
- 1874 Ralph TateRalph TateRalph Tate was a British-born botanist and geologist, who was later active in Australia.-Early life:Tate was born at Alnwick in Northumberland, the son of Thomas Turner Tate , a teacher of mathematics and science, and his wife Frances...